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📒 Nexa 4-Year Anniversary X Spaces Time is flying, and the 4th Nexa anniversary is already approaching in less than 2 weeks. A lot has happened over the past year, including the first Nexa Halving, conferences and events, and, of course, many developments within the core protocol infrastructure and the ecosystem. To commemorate the anniversary, the team is organizing an X Spaces event on the anniversary date, 21 June 2026, with the exact time yet to be announced. It is exciting that this time on Spaces, we will have Nexa founder and lead developer Andrew Stone joining us to provide insights into Nexa's journey so far, ongoing and upcoming developments in the core blockchain layer, and the ecosystem. As the date gets closer, the exact time will be announced. Read more in the Nexa forum below. 👇

📒 Nexa Monthly Newsletter May 2026: NexScript Unleashed May was full of activities and developments, starting the month with a halving event on 1 May 2026 01:36 UTC, followed by a halving space on X, both events happening at the turn of the month and already reviewed in last month's newsletter. Also at the start of the month, the team visited Consensus in Miami, gained invaluable experience and fresh industry insights from one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency conferences. The most important release in May was NexScript v1.1.0, which introduced a major improvement via a core library migration. Developers, please note that NexScript now defaults to a local regtest instead of connecting to a live network. The team is continuously working on Tailstorm preparations and testing, and is looking forward to the upcoming hard fork, the date of which has yet to be announced. The main highlight from the media content is David’s webinar on Nexa smart contracts which is featured at the top of the newsletter. Find more news, a freshly updated Nexa main website, a mining guide, and the community event winner announcement below. 👇

📒 Smart Contracts and Native Token Services with David Thibodeau Blockchains are widely appreciated for their decentralized, permissionless nature and programmability. Smart contracts are among their most important features, but not all major blockchains currently support them. In a webinar with @EvolvH3R, Nexa team developer @DPTib walked through smart contracting on Nexa and explained how it operates under the UTXO model, drastically improving the protocol’s usefulness and usability. The full webinar video and a transcribed article are attached below. 👇

🔥 Build on Nexa with NexScript Important reminder for developers: NexScript v1.1.0 defaults to a local regtest instead of connecting to a live network. All network providers now need to specify an environment type to connect to mainnet. It is also good to note that, with NexScript released, the next work coming down the pipeline is NexScript Playground upgrades and improvements. Together, these updates will significantly increase the accessibility and usability of Nexa smart contracting. Visit Nexa's official website Build section to find all the tools available today, including the Script Debugger to test and debug Nexa smart contracts. 👇

📒 New Release: NexScript v1.1.0 It is exciting to introduce you to the new NexScript v.1.1.0 version. This is a significant release that polishes Nexa scripting at the backend. A lot of work was done to make it cleaner and more reliable, aligning it with most of the Nexa ecosystem. On-chain interactions are now consolidated and aligned with the Nexa TypeScript library. For developers, there is a change worth your attention. Now, NexScript defaults to a local regtest instead of connecting to a live network. All network providers now need to specify an environment type. For a more detailed review, please visit the Nexa forum linked below. 👇

📒 Nexa May Highlights: Innovation in Motion The first Nexa halving occurred as the calendar transitioned from April to May worldwide. Officially, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), blockchain rewards were halved on 1 May 2026 at 01:36 UTC. In addition, at the beginning of the month, the team’s delegation attended Consensus in Miami and, together with partners, showcased Nexa’s smart-contract capabilities in an educational webinar. ​ A lot of attention and development effort is going into preparations for the upcoming hard fork and the integration of the Tailstorm protocol. The team is testing the new DAG-hybrid architecture and is looking forward to the first-of-its-kind model going live. While the testing of the protocol is underway, the official hard fork date has yet to be announced. ​ Find this month’s highlights and recap of the news below. 👇

Smart Contracts & Native Token Services Join Wednesday's Webinar on smart contracts with Danielle from @EvolvH3R and David Thibodeau (@DPTib) from the Nexa team, 13 May, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM UTC. Danielle will break down the key concepts you need to understand including smart contracts, dApps, native tokens, token issuance, and how on-chain vs off-chain systems work. David will apply these concepts to the Nexa ecosystem, covering how Nexa supports smart contracts, its native token services model, and how its approach differs from account-based networks like Ethereum. Find all the necessary information and links in the original post below. 👇

📒 The team’s participation at @Consensus2026 was a success! Great energy, anticipation and excitement were all around. Meeting industry-leading projects and making valuable connections to give NEXA every opportunity in this competitive environment is part of the job. Thank you @GAndrewStone, @DPTib, @TheDonAlucard, Daniel, the @EvolvH3R crew members, and everyone else who participated and helped organize another meaningful Web3 event. The year 2026 is shaping up to be the most exciting year yet for NEXA. Many long-anticipated developments and valuable projects are finally coming together. We all just witnessed the first halving event, and the second hard fork with Tailstorm protocol integration is only a few months away. Let’s connect and keep building together! 🙌